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Zeon raises earnings outlook on stronger elastomer performance

Added: 2 Nov 2026

Increases full-year elastomer sales, profit forecasts following 66% rise in H1 operating income

Sailun to expand Vietnam tire capacity

Sailun profits nearly halve as costs outpace price increases

Added: 2 Nov 2026

Chinese manufacturer reports higher sales volumes but lower selling prices amid rising raw-material…

ENEOS completes TPC acquisition, begins integration of C4 chemicals business

Added: 2 Nov 2026

Group moves to strengthen N. American BD operations, supply chain for high-performance elastomers

Bridgestone tests airless tires on autonomous vehicles at Japan plant

Added: 2 Nov 2026

Trials with eve autonomy confirm stable operation of Level 4 driverless transport vehicles fitted w…

Rubber & Tire Industry in Numbers

Added: 30 Oct 2026

Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

Toyoda Gosei reorganising executive structure

Toyoda Gosei earnings buoyed by volumes, cost improvements

Added: 30 Oct 2026

Japanese automotive supplier maintains full-year forecast amid ‘greater-than-expected market downtu…

ZC Rubber profits slump as raw-material costs rise 21%

Added: 30 Oct 2026

Higher selling prices fail to offset cost increases, currency pressures

EU new-car registrations jump 9% in September

Added: 30 Oct 2026

Battery-electric vehicle market share rises to 22.7% from 16.1% reported in first nine months of 20…

Queen Mary research targets tire wear reduction through new testing methods

Added: 30 Oct 2026

Study into ‘smear wear’, rubber compounds helping development programmes at Conti, SRI and Birla Ca…

Firemax secures approval for major tire plant expansion

Added: 29 Oct 2026

Chinese manufacturer plans to raise capacity in two phases at existing Shandong facility